University of Pittsburgh Department of Cell Biology

Mechanistic Insight Into PI3K/Akt Pathway Spatiotemporal Dynamics

Friday, March 31, 2023 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Morgan Ricci, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Hammond Lab

Orientational Cell Adhesions (OCAs) for Tissue Morphogenesis

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Xiangyun Wei, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh
Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

Investigating the Homeostatic role of the Integrated Stress Response in adipose tissue

Friday, April 7, 2023 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Manuel Michaca, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

Structural and Functional Roles for Intercellular Junctions in Regulating Endoplasmic Reticulum Organization and Dynamics

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Andrew Kowalczyk, PhD, Professor of Dermatology and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Department Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine
Host: Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D.

Regulation of membrane remodeling in development and disease

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Anjon W. Audhya, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research, Biotechnology, and Graduate Studies, Rennebohm Research Professor, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin
Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

Local Traffic Symposium 2023 Keynote Speech - \"OpenCell: Intracellular Cartography of the Human Proteome\" Symposium full schedule includes speakers Jay Tan (Ageing Institute - Pitt), Terrence Dermody (Children\'s Hospital of Pittsburgh), Yongxin Zhao (CMU) and Laura Lackner (Northwestern) Laura Lackner - Northwestern

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 4:00 pm - Frick Fine Arts Building

Manuel Leonetti, Ph.D., Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Host: Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.

Flow Dependent Modulation of Kidney Proximal Tubule Endocytic Traffic

Friday, May 5, 2023 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Emily Lackner, Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Weisz Lab

Go with the flow: shear stress mechanosensing in internal senses

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - 11:00am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Yang Xiang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, UMASS Medical School
Host: Yang Hong, Ph.D.

Keynote speech 2023 Cell Biology Faculty Retreat, title "Membrane and cytoskeletal dynamics in macrophages"

Friday, September 22, 2023 - 4:00 pm - Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium

Sergio Grinstein, Ph.D., University of Toronoto, Dept of Biochemistry
Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

Illuminating organelle dynamics in differentiation and neurodegenerative disease

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Sarah Cohen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UNC- Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Host: Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.

Mitochondrial Import-Coupled Stress Response ~A fine system to signal from mitochondria to the cytosol~

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 11:00am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Shiori Sekine, PhD, Assistant Professor , Aging Institute, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

TALEN-mediated CAR-T cell engineering strategies for safe and effective targeting of solid tumors

Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Shipra Das, Ph.D., Associate Director, Immuno-Oncology and Innovation Program Management | Cellectis Inc.
Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

From Mutations to Mechanisms: UBQLN2\'s Role in Protein Quality Control and Neurodegenerative Disease

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Lisa Sharkey, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan
Host: Matthew Wohlever, Ph.D.

The miR-17~92 cluster regulates aldosterone signaling: Contributions to sex differences in sodium transport in the distal nephron

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 9:00 am - BST-S120 Lecture Room

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Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Lab

New Tools to Study Phosphatidic Acid Regulation with Live-Cell Imaging

Friday, March 1, 2024 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Claire Weckerly , Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Hammond Lab

Mechanistic Insight into PI3K/Akt Pathway Spatiotemporal Dynamics

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Morgan Ricci, Graduate Student Researcher, Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Hammond Lab

Exploring Nuclear Speckle Proteome Dynamics in Response
to ER Stress

Friday, April 26, 2024 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Hector Wang, Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Zhu Lab

Renal epithelial-derived miR-17~92 inhibits STAT3 signaling, serving a sex-specific renoprotective role in the development of acute kidney injury

Friday, April 26, 2024 - 12:15 pm - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Amanda Suda, Graduate Student Researcher, ISB Graduate Program, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

Innate Immune STING signaling, Lysosome Biology and Neurodegeneration

Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Nan Yan, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Host: Jay Tan, Ph.D.

Keynote speech for 2024 PittCell Conference

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - All day - Frick Fine Arts Center

Liam Holt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine
Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

Characterizing the role of different Ubiquilin paralogs and ALS associated mutants in substrate degradation activity (with Shawn Allen)

Friday, May 3, 2024 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Sachini Thanthirige, Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

Characterizing the role of different Ubiquilin paralogs and ALS associated mutants in substrate degradation activity (with Sachini Thanthrige)

Friday, May 3, 2024 - 12:15 pm - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Shawn Allen, Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

A balancing act: regulating mRNA translation for cancer progression.

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Crystal Conn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

Regulation of endocytic capacity in kidney proximal tubule cells

Friday, May 10, 2024 - 12:00 noon - Cell Biology Conference Room, S362 BST

Emily Lackner, Graduate Student Researcher, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Weisz Lab

Deciphering chromosome segregation in mammalian eggs

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Binyam Mogessie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Yale University, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Host: Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

Developing and applying biosensors to study the role of mechanical forces in cellular homeostasis

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Daniel Conway, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University
Host: Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D.

Integrating tool sets for analysis and visualization of large microscopy volumes.

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Alan Watson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

Exploring localised GPCR signalling - From new roles in cancer to the development of optogenetic systems

Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Michelle Halls, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS)
Host: Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.

The intersection of kidney disease and aging

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 - 11:00 am - 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye & Ear Institute

Professor Stuart Shankland, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FASN, FAHA, FACP, University of Washington, Division of Nephrology
Host: Neil Hukriede, Ph.D.

Cell Biology Faculty Annual Retreat 2024 - Keynote speech, title TBA

Thursday, September 12, 2024 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium

Rosa Puertollano Moro, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institutes of Health
Host: Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

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